雅思剑桥8 阅读真题精讲-test2Reading Passage3 The meaning and power
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剑桥真题8雅思阅读精讲meaningsmell |
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a) to make an expression of pain, strong dislike, etc. in which the face twists in an ugly way
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i) That smell always evokes memories of my old school.
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a) pleasant; pleasing
b) We spent a most agreeable evening by the river
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a) weak and without energy, strength or power
b) He was a feeble, helpless old man
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a) to record, show or express something
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a) when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly [+ that]
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19) invest with full authority// invest with romance
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22) I hope they'll have the (good) sense/have enough sense to shut the windows before they leave.
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2. Question Type
三种题型
27-32 heading。顺序
33-36 单选 顺序
37-40 FILL GAP(非summary, 顺序)
顺着做,后面题型各自先看下第一题,好锁定在文章中的位置
33 According to the introduction, we
became aware of the importance of smell
when
1.2.1. Heading
I The difficulties of talking about smells.
Ii The role of smell in personal relationships.
Iii Future studies into smell.
Iv The relationship between the brain and the nose
V The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups
Vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
Vii Smell is oursuperior sense
Viii The relationship between smell and feelings
注意其中蓝色标注的词语,用于准确锁定段落。
A
Viii The relationship between smell and feelings
B Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. There is no true emotional
Bondingwithout touching and smelling a loved one….
Ii The role of smell in personal relationships
C Smell is undervalued. The reason for this undervaluation is …
Vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
D Smell is a highly elusive phenomenon. …Odous can not be named in many
Languages because the specific vocabulary simply doesn’t exist.
I The difficulties of talking about
smells.
E Significant advances have been made,
Have yet to be answered. Researchers have still to decide …..
Iii Future studies into smell.
F Smell is cultural, social and historical. Our commonly held feelings about
Smells can help distinguish us from other cultures.
V The interpretation of smells as a factor in defining groups
2.2.
CHOOSE(33-36)
33 According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell when
见文章开始斜体字部分:
Only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin
To realize the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being
C
34 The experiment described in paragraph B
In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish clothing from similar
Clothes worn by …Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought
to odour as a cue for identifying family members…
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Subjects 这里做实验对象讲。
35 What is the writer doing in paragraph C
Smell is undervalued. The reason. Author’s opinion: (He argues against it).
He think they are still remarkably acute..
C
36 What does the writer suggest about the study of smell in the atmosphere in Paragraph E?
There are still many fundamental questions that have yet to be answered
Researchershave still to decide whether smell is one sense or two
D
2.3. Complete
each sentence (37-40)
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B段:In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish clothing worn by the marriage partners.
38 Certain linguistic groups may have difficulty describing smell because they lack the appropriate________
D段: Odours, cannot be named in many languages because epecific vocabulary simply doesn’t exist.
39 The sense of smell may involve response to _________ which do not smell, inaddition to obvious odours.
E 段:Researchers have still to decide whether smell is one sense or two—one responding to odours proper and the other registeringodourless chemicals in the air.
40 Odours regarded as unpleasant in certain__________ are not regarded as unpleasant in others.
F段:
Smells that are considered to be offensive in some cultures maybe perfectly acceptable in others.
3. Complex sentences
1) In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people.
2) The reason often given for the low regards in which smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the human sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped.
3) While it is true that the olfactory powers of humans are nothing like as fine as those (与那些一样好) possessed by certain animals, they are still remarkably acute.
4)Many fundamental questions have yet to be answered.与Many fundamental questions have not been answered yet.本质上一个意思,就是许多根本问题仍有待回答。